Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested on illegal assembly charges
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Hong Kong publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken critic of Beijing, and two other pro-democracy activists were arrested by police on Friday on charges of illegal assembly, local media reported.